Paola Duguet (born October 1, 1987 in New York, United States) is a Colombian-American Olympic freestyle swimmer. She swam for Colombia at the 2004 Olympics, swimming the 400 (29th) and 800 frees (27th). She is the daughter of and Noel Duguet, founder and principal of Aravis Capital Advisors, of Briarcliff Manor, and Maria Teresa Duran Duguet, a real estate broker. Paola started swimming at the age of 5 with the

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Summer Swim Team. By the age of 10, she was ranked #1 in the United States in the 50-yard breaststroke. She consistently ranked among the Top16 fastest swimmers in her age group through the years, winning many Metropolitan Junior Olympics High Point Awards and competing in 8 consecutive Eastern Zone Championships. With her Badger Swim Club teammates, Kim Kelly, Bridget O'Connor, and Whitney Sprague, they broke one of the longest standing U.S. National Age Group Records in the 15-16 year olds 800-freestyle relay held by Mission Viejo Swim Club. In 2003, she participated in her first Colombian National Championships, the first step towards representing that country in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There she won 9 gold medals and established two new Colombian records. In February 2004 she represented Colombia in the 2004 South American Championships in

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, corroborating her qualifying times for Athens and winning bronze in the 800 m freestyle. Paola represented Colombia in many international events, including the World Championships in Montreal, the South American Championships in Chile and in Uruguay, the Juegos Bolivarianos in Colombia, among others. Paola graduated from Hackley School in 2005 where she set new school records in the Girls 200-yd and 500-yd freestyle while in the eighth grade. She attended

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from where she graduated in 2009.

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1987 births Living people American sportspeople of Colombian descent Colombian female freestyle swimmers Colombian female swimmers Olympic swimmers of Colombia Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from New York City Harvard College alumni People from Briarcliff Manor, New York American female swimmers 21st-century American women Harvard Crimson women's swimmers {{Colombia-swimming-bio-stub